Do you remember when MOCs were just "toys"?

[Gorneesh]

I even kept some bubbles as well as I used to use them for carbonite chambers for figures.

The old bubble and tin foil carbonite trick, I used to do that all the time :lol:

 

[x-pack]

Yeh, vaguely remember doing that! Pretty sure I shoved some in the freezer once and made Star Wars ice pops

 

[RKW1138]

I have had to explain to normal people why I'm putting a figure already protected by a plastic bubble into another plastic case.

 

[TC-14]

I must say i loved the cardbacks and the bubbles back then too. It was all part of the excitment. Am i the only one who wouldn't buy a toy with a damaged card in the store?? :?

I'm with you, Pete- time would drift by in my local toyshop when I was stood in front of the Star Wars 'MOC' display. It was a visual feast overload, I get goosebumps thinking about it now. And my chosen purchase had to be perfect. I would check a potential item for creased corners or any other 'imperfections'. It was a serious business back then, too!

I'm just surprised that none of my cardbacks have survived from the late 70s/early 80s... I was always careful with my stuff as a kid, from the toy to the packaging. No doubt those 'bits of cardboard' were chucked out when my mum had a frenzied tidy up of my bedroom while I was at school. If I'd tidied up myself when asked to, I might still have had them in my possession :?